Lake Fairlee, longer report :)

[JoAnn Berns]

Sorry about the shortest (one word!) report I've ever sent.  My hands were so cold and it was so late in the day I knew whom my very limited audience would be.  

Here is a pic of the highest quality ice.  

Very thick everywhere, didn't attempt to get through.  A very small amount of sandwich ice that held my weight and made that slight wrinkling sound, will be 100% solid tomorrow.  

From the state boat launch heading right (southwest), lots of nice smooth ice esp towards the center; the further you go becomes more orange peel or smooth under light skateable snow cover.  

Turning left from the boat launch (northeast) leads to better and more clear ice.  The usual pressure ridge wasn't there.  

The biggest nuisance are ATV, foot and fishing sled tracks, many of which can be avoided but not all.  They contained the only skim ice I encountered.  There will be more and more of these tracks until the lake becomes almost unskateable, that's the "sports cycle" of this lake and community, so if inclined go sooner in the season rather than later.   

Jo

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[Krista Karlson]

I checked out Lake Fairlee and Lake Morey today. 

Lake Fairlee is completely snow covered with stiff snow drifts. I didn't venture out super far from the boat launch, but based on what I saw, it didn't seem worth trying to skate. There was a lot of ice fishing and snowmobile activity which is likely further packing down the snow. 

Lake Morey also has snow but it seems a lot less packed than Fairlee, so if the wind keeps up, it seems like it could blow off over the next few days. A small group of us attempted to skate and then called it after about 10 minutes.

[Bonna Wieler]

Has anyone been on lake morey? 

Thanks

Bonna

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On Dec 30, 2025, at 7:02 PM, JoAnn Berns <dr...@hotmail.com> wrote:



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